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Queensland Premier slams LNP’s deepfake TikTok video

Queensland Premier slams LNP’s deepfake TikTok video

Steven Miles calls deepfake video of him “a turning point for our democracy”.

David Hollingworth Tue, 23 Jul 2024
Russian hackers caught targeting Ukrainian research organisations

Russian hackers caught targeting Ukrainian research organisations

CERT-UA reveals details of a Russian malware campaign backed by the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 23 Jul 2024
Scam warning as businesses recover from outages

Scam warning as businesses recover from outages

Industry leaders have warned of an influx of scams as businesses battle to get back online following last week’s ...

Liam Garman Mon, 22 Jul 2024
University of Queensland, AUSCERT, and IDCARE team up for Indo-Pacific cyber security program

University of Queensland, AUSCERT, and IDCARE team up for Indo-Pacific cyber security program

The new program will provide cyber security and scam response support to microbusinesses in Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

David Hollingworth Mon, 22 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike’s chief security officer Shawn Henry admits, ‘We failed you’

CrowdStrike’s chief security officer Shawn Henry admits, ‘We failed you’

CrowdStrike’s security chief has said that he and the company take 19 July’s cyber security patch failure personally.

David Hollingworth Mon, 22 Jul 2024
The industry speaks: Everyone’s talking about the CrowdStrike outage

The industry speaks: Everyone’s talking about the CrowdStrike outage

Industry experts and observers had a lot to say about last week’s CrowdStrike incident, but the long story made short is ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 22 Jul 2024
National Coordination Mechanism continues to meet over CrowdStrike outage

National Coordination Mechanism continues to meet over CrowdStrike outage

Australia – and the world – continues to deal with the fallout from Friday’s (19 July) cyber security outage that ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 22 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike CEO releases full statement after global PC outage

CrowdStrike CEO releases full statement after global PC outage

George Kurtz, founder and CEO of CrowdStrike, has apologised unreservedly after an update to its Falcon cyber security ...

David Hollingworth Sat, 20 Jul 2024
NHS faces increased 999 calls, GP and hospital disruptions following Microsoft global outage

NHS faces increased 999 calls, GP and hospital disruptions following Microsoft global outage

Calls to emergency services in the UK have skyrocketed after a CrowdStrike update caused outages across the globe.

Daniel Croft Sat, 20 Jul 2024
Chaos as network failures force retailers to shut their doors

Chaos as network failures force retailers to shut their doors

Retailers across Australia have been forced to shut their doors and only accept cash payments as network failures ...

Liam Garman Fri, 19 Jul 2024
BREAKING: Websites across Australia go dark after apparent CrowdStrike update causes Windows crashes

BREAKING: Websites across Australia go dark after apparent CrowdStrike update causes Windows crashes

Devices at the ABC, Foxtel, the Commonwealth Bank and many more have been impacted by blue screens of death on Windows ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Exclusive: South Australian council confirms LockBit ransomware attack

Exclusive: South Australian council confirms LockBit ransomware attack

The LockBit ransomware gang is threatening to publish more than 40,000 files stolen from the Wattle Range Council.

David Hollingworth Fri, 19 Jul 2024
5 alleged scammers arrested following National Day of Action targeting SIM box fraud

5 alleged scammers arrested following National Day of Action targeting SIM box fraud

The Australian Federal Police has coordinated a raft of state police forces in a nationwide operation against ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Liverpool FC halts ticket sales following cyber attack

Liverpool FC halts ticket sales following cyber attack

Liverpool football club has halted the sale of its member Premier League tickets after it suffered a cyber attack.

Daniel Croft Fri, 19 Jul 2024
BREAKING: MediSecure confirms 12.9m Australians impacted by May data breach

BREAKING: MediSecure confirms 12.9m Australians impacted by May data breach

The administrators of the insolvent e-prescription company have released details of the May hack and the scope of impact ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 18 Jul 2024
AT T reveals arrest made following April cyber attack

AT T reveals arrest made following April cyber attack

An arrest has been made relating to the April cyber attack on US multinational telco AT T.

Daniel Croft Thu, 18 Jul 2024
North Korean threat actor Kimsuky continues to evolve despite sanctions

North Korean threat actor Kimsuky continues to evolve despite sanctions

New research from Rapid7 paints a picture of a fast-moving, versatile, and highly skilled hacking group.

David Hollingworth Thu, 18 Jul 2024
Human rights organisation calls on tech companies to meet their human rights responsibilities

Human rights organisation calls on tech companies to meet their human rights responsibilities

New research has revealed the scope of “digital oppression” of LGBTI communities in the Middle East enabled by dating ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 18 Jul 2024
FortiGuard Labs warns of active exploitation of SolarWinds Serv-U vulnerability

FortiGuard Labs warns of active exploitation of SolarWinds Serv-U vulnerability

Threat actors are actively taking advantage of a directory traversal vulnerability, CVE-2024-28995, that could lead to ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 18 Jul 2024
Meow Leaks claims attack on Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Meow Leaks claims attack on Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Threat actors have claimed an attack on US tech multinational Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).

Daniel Croft Thu, 18 Jul 2024